Retrieved Riches: Social Investigation in British History, 1840-1914

by David Englander (Editor), David Englander (Editor), Rosemary O'Day (Editor)

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  1995

  $3.25

  This collection of essays explores the process of social investigation in Victorian Britain. The contributors also assess the possibilities of the data collected for further historical inquiry. Women. Jews, maps, schools, churches and gambling are represented. The collection is set reading for the Open University Honours History course.